Know your property boundaries with confidence. Islandwide Land Surveyors provides accurate house surveying services in Riverhead, NY.
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Islandwide Land Surveyors is a trusted local source for accurate house surveying services in Riverhead and across Suffolk County. We use high-precision GPS equipment and advanced surveying software for precise property mapping. At Islandwide Land Surveyors, we’re committed to helping you understand your property’s nuances.
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A professional house survey is essential for homeowners in NY. It defines your property boundaries and can reveal potential issues. Islandwide Land Surveyors offers a complete range of surveying services in Riverhead and throughout Suffolk County. We offer topographic surveys, boundary surveys, and elevation certificates.
European colonists purchased the “Southold land” from the local Algonquian-speaking Native Americans and Shinnecock Indian Nation in 1649. An additional portion was purchased from Col. William Smith and divided among settlers in 1742.
The town of Riverhead was created in 1792 as part of new jurisdictions after the American Revolution. The New York State Legislature divided it from the town of Southold, New York, which lies to the north and east. Riverhead was separated at the behest of its inhabitants, who “represented to the Legislature that their town is so long that it is very inconvenient for them [people of western regions of Southold] to attend at [sic] town meetings, and also to transact the other necessary business of the said town, and have prayed that the same may be divided into two towns”. The poor western sections of Southold, with no harbor and little commerce, were thus divided. On March 13, 1792, the Legislature passed a bill splitting off this section under the name River Head. The new enclave’s first town meeting was scheduled to be held April 3, 1792.
River Head was named the county seat of Suffolk County (called a “county town” at the time), and its name was later combined as Riverhead.
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